AMHA coat colours

[dali1111]

Does anyone know where I can find a list of all coat colours recognized by AMHA? I'm doing a power point on minis for my university college technology course.

 

[albahurst]

ABA APPALOOSA BAY

ABK APPALOOSA BLACK

ABR APPALOOSA BROWN

ABS APPALOOSA BUCKSKIN

ACS APPALOOSA CHESTNUT

ADN APPALOOSA DUN

AGL APPALOOSA GRULLO

AGR APPALOOSA GREY

ABN APPALOOSA ROAN BLUE

APA APPALOOSA PALOMINO

ARB APPALOOSA ROAN BAY

ANR APPALOOSA ROAN RED

ASR APPALOOSA SORREL

ASD APPALOOSA SILVER DAPPLE

AWT APPALOOSA WHITE

DBA DAPPLE BAY

DBR DAPPLE BROWN

DBS DAPPLE BUCKSKIN

DCS DAPPLE CHESTNUT

DDN DAPPLE DUN

DGR DAPPLE GREY

DPA DAPPLE PALOMINO

DSL DAPPLE SILVER

LBA PINTALOOSA BAY

LBK PINTALOOSA BLACK

LBF PINTALOOSA BROWN

LBS PINTALOOSA BUCKSKIN

LCS PINTALOOSA CHESTNUT

LDN PINTALOOSA DUN

LGL PINTALOOSA GRULLO

LGR PINTALOOSA GREY

LNB PINTALOOSA BLUE ROAN

LNR PINTALOOSA RED ROAN

LPA PINTALOOSA PALOMINO

LRB PINTALOOSA BAY ROAN

LSR PINTALOOSA SORREL

LSD PINTALOOSA SILVER DAPPLE

LWT PINTALOOSA WHITE

PBA PINTO BAY

PBK PINTO BLACK

PBL PINTO BLUE ROAN

PBR PINTO BROWN

PBS PINTO BUCKSKIN

PCR PINTO CREMELLO

PCS PINTO CHESTNUT

PDN PINTO DUN

PGL PINTO GRULLO

PGR PINTO GREY

PPA PINTO PALOMINO

PRB PINTO ROAN BAY

PRC PINTO ROAN CHESTNUT

PRD PINTO RED DUN

PRG PINTO ROAN GREY

PRK PINTO ROAN BLACK

PRR PINTO ROAN RED

PSD PINTO SILVER DAPPLE

PSR PINTO SORREL

RBA ROAN BAY ROAN

RBK ROAN BLACK ROAN

RBR ROAN BROWN ROAN

RCS ROAN CHESTNUT ROAN

RDN ROAN DUN ROAN

RGR ROAN GREY ROAN

RGN ROAN BLUE ROAN

RNR ROAN RED ROAN

SBA SOLID BAY

SBK SOLID BLACK

SBR SOLID BROWN

SBS SOLID BUCKSKIN

SCR SOLID CREMELLO

SCS SOLID CHESTNUT

SDB SOLID BLUE DUN

SDN SOLID DUN

SDR SOLID RED DUN

SGD SOLID GREY DUN

SGL SOLID GRULLO

SGR SOLID GREY

SPA SOLID PALOMINO

SSR SOLID SORREL

SSD SOLID SILVER DAPPLE

SWT SOLID WHITE

 

[Mona]

This is an old list (2000) that I had in my files...it's a start anyway.

Code Style/Pattern Color

ABA APPALOOSA BAY

ABK APPALOOSA BLACK

ABR APPALOOSA BROWN

ABS APPALOOSA BUCKSKIN

ACS APPALOOSA CHESTNUT

ADN APPALOOSA DUN

AGL APPALOOSA GRULLO

AGR APPALOOSA GREY

ABN APPALOOSA ROAN BLUE

APA APPALOOSA PALOMINO

ARB APPALOOSA ROAN BAY

ANR APPALOOSA ROAN RED

ASR APPALOOSA SORREL

ASD APPALOOSA SILVER DAPPLE

AWT APPALOOSA WHITE

DBR DAPPLE BROWN

DBS DAPPLE BUCKSKIN

DCS DAPPLE CHESTNUT

DDN DAPPLE DUN

DGR DAPPLE GREY

DPA DAPPLE PALOMINO

DSL DAPPLE SILVER

LBA PINTALOOSA BAY

LBK PINTALOOSA BLACK

LBF PINTALOOSA BROWN

LBS PINTALOOSA BUCKSKIN

LCS PINTALOOSA CHESTNUT

LDN PINTALOOSA DUN

LGL PINTALOOSA GRULLO

LGR PINTALOOSA GREY

LNB PINTALOOSA BLUE ROAN

LNR PINTALOOSA RED ROAN

LPA PINTALOOSA PALOMINO

LRB PINTALOOSA BAY ROAN

LSR PINTALOOSA SORREL

LWT PINTALOOSA WHITE

LSD PINTALOOSA SILVER DAPPLE

PBA PINTO BAY

PBK PINTO BLACK

PBL PINTO BLUE ROAN

PBR PINTO BROWN

PBS PINTO BUCKSKIN

PCR PINTO CREMELLO

PCS PINTO CHESTNUT

PDN PINTO DUN

PGL PINTO GRULLO

PGR PINTO GREY

PPA PINTO PALOMINO

PRB PINTO ROAN BAY

PRC PINTO ROAN CHESTNUT

PRD PINTO RED DUN

PRG PINTO ROAN GREY

PRK PINTO ROAN BLACK

PRR PINTO ROAN RED

PSD PINTO SILVER DAPPLE

PSR PINTO SORREL

RBA ROAN BAY ROAN

RBK ROAN BLACK ROAN

RBR ROAN BROWN ROAN

RCS ROAN CHESTNUT ROAN

RDN ROAN DUN ROAN

RGR ROAN GREY ROAN

RGN ROAN BLUE ROAN

RNR ROAN RED ROAN

SBA SOLID BAY

SBK SOLID BLACK

SBR SOLID BROWN

SBS SOLID BUCKSKIN

SCR SOLID CREMELLO

SCS SOLID CHESTNUT

SDB SOLID BLUE DUN

SDN SOLID DUN

SDR SOLID RED DUN

SGD SOLID GREY DUN

SGL SOLID GRULLO

SGR SOLID GREY

SPA SOLID PALOMINO

SSR SOLID SORREL

SSD SOLID SILVER DAPPLE

SWT SOLID WHITE

 

[dali1111]

Thanks Mona!

 

[Dona]

Ok...question. Why is Black Roan and Blue Roan both listed?

Blue Roan has always been used to describe Black Roans.

If they really want to be accurate....they would use Black Roan & forget about the Blue Roan.

 

[justjinx]

I was wondering about the blue roan and black roan also. jennifer

 

[albahurst]

Ok...question. Why is Black Roan and Blue Roan both listed?

Blue Roan has always been used to describe Black Roans.
If they really want to be accurate....they would use Black Roan & forget about the Blue Roan.

That would be a question to ask the registry.

 

[Becky]

They will still register a Black from two Chestnuts, and do not know the difference between Phenotype and Genotype, or Grey and Silver......or care.

The AMHA office employees are not as up on coat colors as the owners should be. It's really up to the owners to provide the correct colors on the horses they are registering. Unfortunately, as you know, many horses are registered the incorrect color(s). It is very likely that two horses registered as chestnut could actually be silver bays and therefore produce a blackoffspring. I've seen many silver bays registered as chestnut! And many, many silver dapples registered as grey. And owners are still doing it. I think it's up to the owners to educate themselves. With the advent of coat color/pattern testing, owners should be a lot more accurate when listing the color of their foals at registration.

I just this week sent the registration papers in to AMHA on a 15 yr old mare to change her color from palomino to silver bay! She doesn't carry a cream gene, but her very light winter coat is sort of a yellowish color. I'm sure her original owner thought by color alone she was palomino. At that time, very little thought was actually given to coat color genetics.

 

[LAD]

Hi,

Here is a link to the AMHA Color Chart if you would like to see it. It was done several years ago and doesn't include all the additional colors that have been discussed recently.

AMHA Color Chart

 

[rabbitsfizz]

They will still register a Black from two Chestnuts, and do not know the difference between Phenotype and Genotype, or Grey and Silver......or care.

The AMHA office employees are not as up on coat colors as the owners should be. It's really up to the owners to provide the correct colors on the horses they are registering. Unfortunately, as you know, many horses are registered the incorrect color(s). It is very likely that two horses registered as chestnut could actually be silver bays and therefore produce a black offspring. I've seen many silver bays registered as chestnut! And many, many silver dapples registered as grey. And owners are still doing it. I think it's up to the owners to educate themselves. With the advent of coat color/pattern testing, owners should be a lot more accurate when listing the color of their foals at registration.

I just this week sent the registration papers in to AMHA on a 15 yr old mare to change her color from palomino to silver bay! She doesn't carry a cream gene, but her very light winter coat is sort of a yellowish color. I'm sure her original owner thought by color alone she was palomino. At that time, very little thought was actually given to coat color genetics.

I am certain a lot of people, even today, cannot identify a Chestnut form a Silver Bay, thus, as you say, a Black foal could be born without resort at "hanky panky"

What is wrong is that AMHA should register the foal without querying the colours of the parents!!!

 

[Charlotte]

What is wrong is that AMHA should register the foal without querying the colours of the parents!!!

rabbitsfizz,

I have been lobying for years to try to get the registries to accept the color designation which the horse owner sends in. It seems a 'no brainer' to me that a person standing 12 inches from a horse has a better chance of getting the color right than a person 800 miles away looking at a couple of pictures. Just the difference in settings of camera and printer can change a horse's color dramatically in pictures. (not to mention, time of day, lighting, etc etc)

Charlotte

 

[rabbitsfizz]

I agree that sometimes the owner knows what they are talking about.

The problem for AMHA (as I see it) is that just as often the owner could be sitting on the horse and, through no fault of their own, just not know what colour the horse is!

Hence the Silvers registered as Chestnut, Grey, Pink with purple polka dots, I don't know!!

(OK I made that last one up, true)

I still maintain that if the foal is Black and both parents are Chestnut (or registered as Chestnut) a polite "I'm sorry but you cannot get this colour form that mating....do you have another stallion?" is in order!

Not to be obstructive, but to help.

Often a picture of sire and dam will show that one or possibly both parents are Silver Bays.

Problem solved.

If they really are Chestnuts then DNA needs to be done.

Now, if this is a mare bought in foal, I feel for the owners, but, at the end of the day it is not my problem and I do not see why I should tie myself in knots (and others do the same, hence all the "What colour is this....threads) to get the colour right, to have a breeding impossibility accepted without question.

Certain things can happen in colour/pattern.

Certain things cannot happen.

It is not rocket science to learn which is which, and I have seen members on here really really trying to get it right.

If they can then the registries that accept their money quickly enough have a responsibility to do the same!

OK, sorry about that, rant over, I promise!!!